The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κρείττων

Lemmaκρείττων
Citation formκρείττων/κρείσσων, ον, gen. ονος
Part of speechadjective
Glossstronger, more excellent
Strong’sG2909
Transliterationkreíttōn
Definitionstronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
KJV glosses:--best, better.
Derivationcomparative of a derivative of
SBLGNT occurrences18

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κρεῖσσον
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASNC)1 Corinthians 11:17
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASNC)1 Corinthians 7:38
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----NSNC)Philippians 1:23
κρείσσονα
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----APNC)Hebrews 6:9
κρεῖττον
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASNC)Hebrews 12:24
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----NSNC)1 Corinthians 7:9
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----NSNC)1 Peter 3:17
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----NSNC)2 Peter 2:21
κρεῖττόν
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASNC)Hebrews 11:40
κρείττονα
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----ASFC)Hebrews 10:34
κρείττονος
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSFC)Hebrews 11:16
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSFC)Hebrews 11:35
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSFC)Hebrews 7:19
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSFC)Hebrews 7:22
adjective, genitive, singular, masculine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSMC)Hebrews 7:7
κρείττονός
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----GSFC)Hebrews 8:6
κρείττοσι
adjective, dative, plural, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----DPFC)Hebrews 9:23
κρείττοσιν
adjective, dative, plural, feminine, comparative (MorphGNT ----DPFC)Hebrews 8:6
κρείττων
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine, comparative (MorphGNT ----NSMC)Hebrews 1:4

Morphology

Occurrences